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CVE-2016-5344

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5344 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within the MDSS driver of the Linux kernel 3.x, specifically impacting Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other Linux-based Android products. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0, <= 3.19.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0173 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5344Moderate

kernel: multiple integer overflows in the MDSS driver

Aug 23, 2016

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
source.codeaurora.org / quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
codeaurora.org / integer-overflow-mdss-driver-cve-2016-5344
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/92695
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry